%% apa:: Arthur, P., Passini, R. (1992). _Wayfinding: People, Signs, and Architecture_. McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited. %% # Wayfinding: People, Signs, and Architecture --- Arthur, P., Passini, R. (1992). _Wayfinding: People, Signs, and Architecture_. McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited. --- ## Metadata title: Wayfinding: People, Signs, and Architecture author:: [[Paul Arthur]], [[Romedi Passini]] publisher:: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited date_published:: 1992 cite-key:: arthur1992WayfindingPeopleSigns type: Book keywords:: [[Americans with Disabilities Act]], [[Architecture]], [[Decision-making]], [[Signage]], [[Spatial cognition]], [[Wayfinding]] --- ## Annotated Bibliography This book represents a strong fundamental analysis and groundwork for wayfinding in the built environment, with the stated thesis that wayfinding is more than just signage. It exams the impact of societal values on the built environment, and the working relationships between architect and graphic designer, as well as the cognitive and communicative processes used in spatial planning and environmental design. The authors represent a wealth of foundational experience in the wayfinding discipline. [[Paul Arthur|Arthur]] is an influential historical Canadian graphic designer and is credited with having invented the word “signage” despite his belief that wayfinding extends beyond signs (a challenge still faced in the industry today). He also was a founding member of the [[Society for Experiential Graphic Design]]. [[Romedi Passini|Passini]] draws his expertise from an architectural and environmental psychology background, and this collaboration is his second book about wayfinding. This book was published two years after the [[Americans with Disabilities Act|Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)]] was enacted. While the language in the book is not up to date (for example, the use of the term “handicapped”), it does emphasize the importance that designers need to design for persons with a multitude of disabilities, instead of designing for an idealized concept of the able-bodied (Chapter 8), and discusses different disability types and their effects on spatial navigation. ^annotatedbibliography